Name/Title
Men on Point LookoutEntry/Object ID
2022.028.006Description
Black and white photograph mounted on a brown cabinet card with a beveled gold edge. The photograph shows a group of six men sitting at Point Lookout with the Tennessee River seen in the background. The three men in the rear are holding thin wooden canes. All six men are wearing dark suits with vests. The three men in the rear and the man at middle, right appear to have metals on their lapel, possible relating to there status as veterans or as members of a fraternal organization. Below the point, the wooden framing of the Lookout Hotel can be seen, including one of the construction workers perched on a large wooden joist.
The rear is imprinted "J.B. Linn, Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain, Tenn."Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Cabinet CardSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Point Lookout, Point Park, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military ParkCollection
Lookout Mountain CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
James Burney LinnRole
PhotographerDate made
circa 1880Copyright
Restrictions
Credit Chattanooga Historical Society
Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only
